Edition 501

Good morning, it’s Monday 30th June. 

Kicking off this week with some thoughts on the x1.5 generation…

Stories scheduled for the next seven days:

Today:  UK GDP National Accounts.

Wimbledon begins.

Tuesday: Welfare Reform Bill vote.

Wednesday: UEFA Women’s European Championships begin.

Thursday: Ofsted chief inspector addresses Festival of Education.

Friday:  Anniversary of Labour’s landslide general election win.

Oasis reunion tour begins in Cardiff.

Saturday: Tour de France begins.

England and Wales play first Euros matches.

Pride in London parade. 

Sunday: Brazil hosts BRICS Summit without China’s Xi Jinping.

The F-Bomb

When the President wanders casually over to reporters on the White House lawn and says, “we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard they don’t know what the f**k they’re doing”, should broadcasters play the clip uncensored?

CNN did. The Washington Post and Channel 4 News didn’t.

Here’s a roundup of how various news outlets navigated the dilemma:

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(For what it’s worth, I hate using the **s in a newsletter read by adults. But without them chances are this email would sail straight into your junk folder…)

I coached someone last week dead set on having a pop at the media in their interview. Given their topic it certainly wasn’t without justification, but remains a risky strategy and always makes me recall the old saying…

“Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel”

The internet can’t decide who originally said the quote, but it’s worth bearing in mind if you decide to blame the media…when appearing on the media.

And related…

Source: Reuters Institute

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News In Brief:

The BBC has launched its first website paywall, charging users in the US ($50 a year) for unlimited access to news on BBC.com.

“Court reporting is essential for a just society. It’s time to save it.”

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Footnotes:

On this day: Three Russian cosmonauts were found dead in their Soyuz 11 space capsule after it made what looked like a perfect landing in Kazakhstan on this day in 1971.

Monday weather: London – 34 and sunny (good luck if you’re reading this on the tube). Edinburgh – 23 and cloudy.

Mutts: Stan and his funny little friend Roxie…

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Have a great week.

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